Sunan Ibn Majah 2149

Translation

"Allah has not sent any Prophet but he was a shepherd." His Companions said to him: "Even you, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Even me I used to tend the sheep of the people of Makkah for a few Qirats." (Sahih)(One of the narrators) Suwaid said: " Meaning one Qirat for every sheep."

Notes

• قَالَ سُوَيْدٌ يَعْنِي كُلُّ شَاةٍ بِقِيرَاطٍ

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 2262al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 11755

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Saʿīd b. ʿAmr b. Saʿīd b. al-ʿĀṣ al-ʿUdhrī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. after 120 AH
   سعيد بن أبي أحَيْحَةثقة
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 171 and 180 AH
   عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّثقة
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Suwayd b. Saʿīd

   Truthful in himself (ṣadūq), except that he went blind and would accept prompting of what was not from his hadith.d. 240 AH, or: 239 AH
   سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍصدوق في نفسه ، إلا أنه عمي فصار يتلقن ما ليس من حديثه
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Ibn Mājah

   one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
   ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.